Baldwin, IV Count of Hainaut

1108 - 1171  (63 years)

• Name	Baldwin , IV Count of Hainaut  [1, 2]
  Suffix	IV Count of Hainaut
  Born	1108  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	08 Nov 1171  [2]
  Notes	Baldwin IV (1108 - November 8, 1171) was count of Hainaut from 1120 to his death. He was the son of Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut, and Yolande de Wassenberg. History Also known as Baldwin the Builder, he purchased the property of Ath in 1158 and built the Burbant tower. He ceded the locality of Braine-la-Willotte also known as Braine-le-Comte to the chapter of Sainte-Waudru in 1158. In 1159, he incorporated the seigniory of Chimay and in 1160, the châtellenies of Valencians and of Ostrevent. Family Baldwin married Alice of Namur, heiress of Namur, and had the following issue: Yolande (1131-1202), married Hugh IV, Count of St Pol Baldwin (1134-1147) Agnes (1142-1168), married Ralph I, Lord of Coucy and had issue including Yolande de Coucy, wife of Robert II, Count of Dreux.[1] Geoffrey, Count of Ostervant (1147-1163) William (Guillaume) (?-1230), married Mahaut de Lalaing Lauretta (1150-1181), married Bouchard IV, Count of Montmorency Baldwin V (1150-1195), also count of Flanders by his marriage to Margaret I of Flanders
  Person ID	I5250	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Baldwin, III Count of Hainaut,   b. 1088,   d. 1120  (Age 32 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Yolande of Guelders
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F2063	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Alice of Namur,   b. 1109,   d. Jun 1168, Mons, Liege, Belgium  (Age 59 years)
  Children	1. Baldwin, V Count of Hainaut,   b. 1150,   d. 17 Dec 1195  (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F2062	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_V,_Count_of_Hainaut. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_IV,_Count_of_Hainaut.